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TIL that some people, due to a rare genetic mutation, only need to sleep for about four hours a night. Margaret Thatcher, James Franco, and Martha Stewart have all been suspected to have this condition.

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xERD TIL There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
plZ8 TIL of the Voynich manuscript, a 246 page book that is filled with botanical illustrations along with written word that modern linguists have so far been incapable of deciphering. Attempts to identify the plants have likewise largely failed. Carbon dating places the book at around 1400 AD.
QJ4rL TIL that the Hudson Bay’s Company, the de facto government of early British North America, not only still exists but owns Saks Fifth Avenue
PYB5E TIL of "Satchel" Paige, who was the oldest major league baseball debutant (at 42) as well as the oldest player to play a major league game (two weeks shy of 60)
gMXA TIL that every five years all the atoms in your body are completely replaced. Physically you are not the same person you were five years ago.